On September 19, at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, the appearance of the old Spanish king Juan Carlos I made the Spanish authorities very nervous, and also made the gossip of the world's media secretly excited.
Because just two years ago, the old king was revealed to have more than 5,000 lovers, and at the age of 83, because he could not control his lower body, he was secretly injected with chemical castration drugs by the Spanish National Security Agency, and was also suspected of huge corruption and bribery.
In addition to this, there are scandals about him, one after another.
At the queen's funeral, King Felipe of Spain and the beautiful Queen Leticia tried to avoid taking pictures with the old king. It is simply embarrassing that a king has ended up with such a disgusting ending.
However, now disgusting, he was once an idol in the hearts of the people and was also highly praised internationally. It was he who saved Spain from dictatorship and drove the whole country into the democracy that the people wanted.
But how did he end up becoming a disgrace to the royal family and the country?
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His grandfather was Alfonso XIII, the last monarch of the Bourbon dynasty of Spain.
In 1931, a coup d'état broke out in Spain, the Second Spanish Republic was established, and the dictatorship headed by Alfonso XIII was overthrown, and the Juan family began a long period of exile abroad.
Therefore, Juan has been adrift with his parents since he was a child, but his parents did not give him enough love and care, and always left him in boarding school.
Therefore, poor Juan has been a child with a serious lack of love since he was a child.
However, when he was 10 years old, something big happened, and Juan Jr. was suddenly told that he wanted to return to Spain to inherit the throne.
The Spanish head of state at that time was Franco, a dictator with an iron fist and a good soldier.
But no one expected that such a dictatorship ruler did not choose an heir from his descendants, but contacted Juan Carlos' father, Don Juan.
These two positions, which were originally incompatible, finally agreed on Juan's future plan: let the young Juan . Carlos immediately returned home to receive the systematic education that the prince had to complete in preparation for his later ascension to the throne.
This is really the fall of the Iron Throne from the sky.
But Juan, who was only 10 years old. Carlos didn't know what it all meant, after all, he was just a kid who longed for the warmth of his family.
But he finally obeyed his father's arrangement, left his parents and returned to Spain, living with strange people in this strange homeland and receiving a rigorous education.
As Juan grew older, he became aware of his mission. But at the time, after all, he was under the power structure of a dictatorship, facing many known and unknown enemies.
In the absence of the last moment, there are still many uncertainties on his way to the throne.
As a result, young Juan learned from an early age the ability to read words and deal with many forces, and although Franco seemed to have invested his "grandfather's" affection on him, he had long known the importance of prudence and forbearance.
The forging that the king has to face is always cruel.
In 1975, Franco, who had ruled Spain with an iron fist for almost 40 years, died, and on November 22, Juan finally sat on the coveted throne and became Juan. Carlos I.
Juan Carlos I ascends the throne
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After taking the throne, Juan encountered a problem: the entire leadership team was new to him, and the rest were all left by Franco.
This means that Spain can only continue its military dictatorship, which means that all opposition cannot speak up and the will of the people cannot be heard.
But at this time, Juan was deeply influenced by democratic ideas, and he wanted to be king of all Spaniards, not just one party, and he should take a back seat and hand over power to the people, like the Queen of England.
Carlos when he was young
Therefore, he began drastic reforms, replacing some of Franco's old ministries and using people who shared his political ideals to help Spain transition from a dictatorship to a constitutional monarchy.
In 1977, Spain elected its first democratically elected prime minister, Adolfo Suarez, through a democratic vote.
Juan's initiative to surrender the supreme power that countless people yearned for and become a monarch without real power was the beginning of freedom and democracy for the Spanish people. The Spanish people were overjoyed, and they believed that the light had finally dawned after a long night.
But the remnants of dictatorship are quietly reviving.
The suppressed Franco's old forces plotted a coup d'état that would set history back in a vain attempt to restore the military dictatorship.
At 6:20 p.m. on February 23, 1981, security police, led by military officer Tejeros, on the orders of General Milan, broke into the lower house of parliament and staged a coup d'état.
The parliamentarians were voting on the election of a new prime minister, when suddenly the mutineers held their guns to their heads, and as soon as the wind blew the wind, bloodshed was imminent.
A reporter at the scene was in danger, using a mixed form to suppress his voice and broadcast all the events in the parliament hall, and the radio was often mixed with the sound of loaded guns and live ammunition.
Carlos I, who was about to go out to play golf, happened to hear the radio and immediately summoned his assistant to discuss countermeasures.
At this time, Juan is only a nominal monarch, the monarch of a democratic country that has been stripped of power, what can he do?
But if the coup d'état succeeds, it means that Spain will slide back into the abyss of dictatorship from the soil of democracy.
Moreover, it is quite possible that Carlos I repeated the experience of his grandfather and father, was deported and went into exile.
Fortunately, Carlos I was calm-headed, clarified the form in the shortest possible time, made decisions, and quickly contacted military district commanders across the country to confirm which forces remained loyal to the royal family.
At 1:14 a.m. on the 24th, Juan Carlos I, as the supreme commander of the national armed forces, appeared in front of the national television screen to calm the frightened people and publicly denounce the coup d'étatists.
Under the majesty of his monarch, coupled with his provocative analysis and guidance, many military commanders expressed their willingness to be loyal to the king, and some undetermined mutineers began to defect.
In the end, the mutineers led by General Milans all surrendered, and General Milans, Tejeros and others were transferred to a military court.
This absurd but dangerous coup lasted only 18 hours. Juan. Carlos I used his position and wisdom to dissolve a war that could lead to massive bloodshed.
Since then, Spain's democratic regime has truly taken root in the country, and the political environment can accommodate a variety of positions and voices.
His position in the hearts of the Spanish people reached its peak, and Juan became a national hero supported by the whole people.
And this heroic image was maintained until 2012, and few kings have maintained such a high level of popular support for such a long time.
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One day in 2012, a breaking news story dominated headlines: the king of Spain took his mistress to Africa to hunt wild elephants and accidentally broke his hip.
The Spanish people were stunned by the sudden melon.
First, Spain is a Catholic country, and Catholics must strictly practice monogamy, so the 74-year-old King Juan was openly violating the teachings!
Second, at that time, Spain was experiencing a serious financial crisis, unemployment in society was as high as more than 20%, and their beloved king actually took his lover to Africa to hunt elephants, spending up to 270,000 yuan a day.
Juan Carlos hunts elephants
Environmentalists and organizations are angry, the Spanish people are angry!
But there are more excesses.
In 2014, the first day after Carlos I announced his abdication, a man who feared that the world would not be in chaos published a book, Juan Carlos: The King's 5,000 Mistresses, who was said to be a former executive of a Spanish security service.
The whole world is boiling, and the Spanish people don't know what to say.
5,000 mistresses, one a day, it takes almost 14 years, how did he do it?
The author of this book cites several striking statistics. Between 1955 and 1959, Juan, who was attending military school, had 626 lovers. Between 1960 and 1962, also during Juan's college career, he had 403 mistresses...
Juan's mistress Corona revealed to others that because Juan could not control his lower body and threatened national security, the state security authorities secretly castrated him.
Juan Carlos and lover Corona
This is both a scandal and a joke.
Many people commented, no wonder the once beautiful Queen Mother Sophia has become this haggard and bitter face now.
This Queen Sophia is incredible, she was beautiful in her youth, her father was King Paul I of Greece, her mother was the princess of Hanover, she was a pure "blue nobleman" respected by all famous families in Europe.
She is also an extremely disciplined student and fluent in five Chinese languages, including German, Italian and English.
But such a noble and excellent Queen Sophia was actually worn by more than 5,000 green hats.
But Queen Sophia, in order to maintain the dignity of the Spanish royal family, chose to endure and ignore all the scandals of her husband.
But what really disappointed the people was that the old king was again involved in a corruption scandal after abdication.
According to mistress Corona, Spain had previously reached cooperation with Saudi Arabia on an infrastructure project, and later, the Saudi king remitted $100 million to the old king's Swiss account as a kickback, and the old king remitted $65 million to his mistress Corona.
This aroused great concern from the Swiss Bank, and the relevant Spanish authorities began to conduct an in-depth investigation into Juan Carlos' financial problems.
Spain became a joke for the melon-eating masses all over the world, the noble royal family could not raise its head in front of the people, and the old king fell completely from the altar.
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In 2020, due to various scandals, Juan voluntarily exiled himself to the luxurious Abu Dhabi, where he stayed in the world's only eight-star hotel, in a paradise surrounded by beautiful cars, Juan is ready to retire every day.
It appeared in the public eye again at the beginning of the Queen 's funeral.
Many people say that Juan Carlos is a typical late festival, which is a pity.
The former national hero, who personally created Spain's democratic regime, collapsed like this, not only the royal family, but also the entire Spanish nation.
It is also said that the old king also made mistakes for a reason, he was separated from his parents since he was a child, lacked the care of family affection, took on the responsibility of the family and country at a young age, plus he created amazing brilliance, should not be too harsh on him...
It is also said that Juan's son and daughter-in-law, namely King Felipe He, in order to save the face of the royal family, spared no effort to participate in various activities to restore the dignity and image of the royal family and clean up the mess for the old king...
What is even more sympathetic is that his wife, Queen Sophia, from the much-anticipated Greek princess, has become a joke and talk point for people all over the world after tea.